Dharavi, in central Mumbai, is considered one of the largest slums in Asia, but deep within this neighborhood, below the ...

Krishna Pujari was ready to go home. It was nearing midnight at the Mumbai restaurant where he was pulling long shifts to put himself through school. Just as he was preparing to clock out for the ...

The Delhi government is preparing a new slum rehabilitation and resettlement policy that proposes modern amenities such as ...

An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

SOME people are upset by slums. They feel sick themselves when they find four or five children sharing a bed in a windowless room and realize that the tubercular cough of one youngster means the ...

This video takes you inside Venezuela’s largest slum, an area rarely seen up close. Daily life continues here under difficult ...

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’s population of eight billion will ...

His sherry cabinet in Harvard Yard long since turned over to another president, his diplomat’s striped pants put into mothballs, the quiet New Englander embarked on a new career—unofficial Inspector ...

The city of Fresno’s Anti Slum Enforcement Team is actively working to bring 15 Fresno rental properties — consisting of 222 rental units — into compliance with health and safety standards, according ...

New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The Delhi government plans to provide slum dwellers modern facilities such as shopping complexes, parking spaces and e-rickshaw charging points under a new rehabilitation and ...